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School closed six weeks early in 1861 due to a lack of operating funds and the outbreak of the Civil War. After the Civil War, in 1866, the district opened three schools for African American students. [31] The St. Louis Public Schools also opened the first public high school for black students west of the Mississippi, Sumner High School, in 1875.
Metro Academic and Classical High School is a magnet public high school in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools school district.. As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 377 students and 24 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
Greater St. Louis is home to 132 public school districts. [1] [2] Among the largest districts by enrollment in 2010 are the St. Louis Public Schools with 25,046 students, Rockwood School District with 22,382 students, and Fort Zumwalt School District with 18,840 students. [3]
St. Louis' school district is offering to pay some families to drive their kids to school as part of an effort to offset a shortage of bus drivers. “We are excited to announce a new set of ...
Tuesday night, the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education met in the midst of even more turnover. Before the meeting, held at Sumner High School, news broke that two more district ...
The St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) is the only school district in St. Louis. [1] It operates more than 75 schools, including several magnet schools.SLPS operates under provisional accreditation from the state of Missouri and is under the governance of a state-appointed school board called the Special Administrative Board, although a local board continues to exist without legal authority over ...
Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (formerly Central High School) is a magnet high school in St. Louis, Missouri, part of the St. Louis Public Schools.. Founded in 1853, Central High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River, although it has moved several times and merged with a magnet school in 1984.
During the late 1980s, the dropout rate at Roosevelt High School exceeded that of the St. Louis Public Schools. [23] In 1984, 515 students entered Roosevelt; by 1988, only 21.6% had graduated, while 14.2% had transferred to another school or district, 4.7% had withdrawn from school, 38.8% had officially dropped out, and an additional 20.8% did ...